Nicholas Paul Norris, MD
- Pediatric Gastroenterologist, Assistant Professor at UT Southwestern Medical Center
- Languages spoken: English
Biography
Nicholas Norris, M.D., is a Pediatric Gastroenterologist and advanced endoscopist at Children’s Health℠. He specializes in advanced diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopy, including Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) and Endoscopic Ultrasound (EUS)-guided interventions. Dr. Norris focuses on caring for children and adolescents with complex pancreatic, biliary and gastrointestinal disorders.
“My goal is to provide minimally invasive, multidisciplinary care that bridges adult and pediatric endoscopic expertise – to offer the best possible outcomes for my patients,” Norris says.
Dr. Norris completed his pediatric gastroenterology fellowship and medical training at UT Southwestern Medical Center, followed by an advanced endoscopy fellowship at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.
His research focuses on improving outcomes in pediatric pancreatic disease, optimizing endoscopic techniques, and advancing minimally invasive approaches for complex gastrointestinal disease. Norris also serves as a co-investigator for national studies aimed at understanding the clinical course and treatment of pediatric chronic pancreatitis.
Outside of his clinical and academic work, Dr. Norris enjoys reading philosophy, photography and spending time with his family.
“My goal is to provide minimally invasive, multidisciplinary care that bridges adult and pediatric endoscopic expertise – to offer the best possible outcomes for my patients.”
Dr. NorrisEducation and Training
- Medical School
- University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (2018)
- Residency
- UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas (2021), Pediatrics
- Fellowship
- The Cedars Hospital (2025), Advanced Endoscopy
- UT Southwestern - Children's Medical Center (2024), Pediatric Gastroenterology
Conditions Treated
- Calcaneal apophysitis (Sever's disease) in children
- Colic in babies
- Elbow instability in children
- Failure to thrive (FTT) in children
- Familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP)
- Hirschsprung's disease
- Pediatric abdominal migraines
- Pediatric achalasia
- Pediatric celiac disease
- Pediatric chronic abdominal pain (stomach ache)
- Pediatric colon polyps
- Pediatric colorectal cancer (CRC)
- Pediatric constipation
- Pediatric cyclic vomiting syndrome (CVS)
- Pediatric diarrhea
- Pediatric dysphagia (swallowing disorder)
- Pediatric ear deformities
- Pediatric encopresis
- Pediatric esophageal stricture
- Pediatric esophageal varices
- Pediatric feeding disorder (PFD)
- Pediatric functional abdominal pain syndrome (FAPS)
- Pediatric gallbladder disease
- Pediatric gastroenteritis (stomache flu)
- Pediatric gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD)
- Pediatric gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding
- Pediatric H. pylori infection
- Pediatric irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)
- Pediatric lactose intolerance
- Pediatric malabsorption
- Pediatric microscopic colitis (lymphocytic colitis or collagenous colitis)
- Pediatric nausea and vomiting
- Pediatric necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC)
- Pediatric pancreas disease
- Pediatric pancreatic fluid collections
- Pediatric pancreatic malignancy/trauma
- Pediatric pancreatitis
- Pediatric peptic ulcer
- Pediatric rumination syndrome (merycism)
Exocrine pancreatic insufficiency (EPI)